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New World Pictures

'Fitzcarraldo' (1982) After the difficulties he encountered while filming his last movie set in the Amazon, "Aguirre, the Wrath of God," it's a wonder director Werner Herzog ever returned. But he did, to film the daft yet inspirational story of a man obsessed with building an opera house at the mouth of the Amazon river. What makes "Fitzcarraldo" truly astounding is that instead of using movie trickery, Herzog actually hauled a 350-ton steamship over a mountain in the jungle. A real-world feat that Herzog says has never been done before or since.

'Fitzcarraldo' (1982) After the difficulties he encountered while filming his last movie set in the Amazon, "Aguirre, the Wrath of God," it's a wonder director Werner Herzog ever returned. But he did, to film the daft yet inspirational story of a man obsessed with building an opera house at the mouth of the Amazon river. What makes "Fitzcarraldo" truly astounding is that instead of using movie trickery, Herzog actually hauled a 350-ton steamship over a mountain in the jungle. A real-world feat that Herzog says has never been done before or since. (New World Pictures)

'Fitzcarraldo' (1982) After the difficulties he encountered while filming his last movie set in the Amazon, "Aguirre, the Wrath of God," it's a wonder director Werner Herzog ever returned. But he did, to film the daft yet inspirational story of a man obsessed with building an opera house at the mouth of the Amazon river. What makes "Fitzcarraldo" truly astounding is that instead of using movie trickery, Herzog actually hauled a 350-ton steamship over a mountain in the jungle. A real-world feat that Herzog says has never been done before or since.